Police were called to help catch a dog which was running loose on the M5 today.

Traffic and travel system, Inrix, reported that the dog spotted roaming on the southbound carriageway between Junction 30 and Junction 31, between Sidmouth Road near Exeter service station and the A38 Okehampton turn off.

The report first came in at around 2.09pm, but the dog was swiftly removed from the road and traffic returned to normal by 2.20pm.

It is not known who caught the dog, or how the dog escaped onto the M5 in the first place.

A dog was running loose on the M5 between J30-J31 (Image: Highways England)